crouton
KROO-tahn · noun
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Origin
Crouton is an unadapted borrowing from French croûton — English took the word as-is, without reshaping its spelling or sound to fit English patterns.
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Related words
It's worth comparing to croute, a related French-derived word sharing the same root idea.
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From French